When I heard Enter Sandaman by Alessia Cara & The Warning for the first time, my amazement was immediate, I wanted to understand what they did, not because I didn't like it, on the contrary, because I liked it, and I listened to it again. I thought what they did was brilliant, the first thing that came to my mind is that this is not a cover, it is a new version, it is a total reconstruction of the song, they gave a new life to the original song without disrespecting it , a version in which they magnified the original concept of a dark lullaby and where The Warning girls had to show their talent to integrate Alessia's style with theirs and pay homage to Metallica. The song moves naturally from the R&B and Pop of Alessia Cara to the Hard Rock of The Warning, ending with an excellent execution of Trash with the original Riff, and manipulating the emotions throughout the song with the changes of time always " in crescendo”. More amazing to know how the process was, the time they had for the realization, the geographical difficulties of each one of those involved in the recording and with the only condition imposed by Metallica, that it not be a copy of the original and that they show their style. One week to make the version after receiving the invitation, producer Matt Squire travels from Washington to Monterrey so that together with The Warning they make the necessary arrangements and recordings, Alessia Cara from Canada recorded her parts, once everything is recorded, it is sent to David Bendeth in New York to do the mixing and ending with the shipment of the final product to the Metallica team. In the history of Rock, great covers and versions have been made, whether due to some arrangements, or the way of interpreting or a total reconstruction of the song, they have stood out over the original, since the artist who performs the version makes it his own. and from my point of view this is one of the best versions, not a cover, at the level of great versions in the history of Rock like: Joe Cocker with "With a Little Help From my Friends", original by The Beatles Jimi Hendrix with Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" Led Zeppelin with "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", original by Annie Briggs Guns N' Roses with Bob Dylan's original "Knocking On Heaven's Door"

For me this was absolutely genius. just brilliant. they keep everyone guessing at the beginning and then hit you in the face with this full sound that's different but has a hint of familiarity to it. then just went you start to settle in, they take it back down. then another build, but this time they layer it by repeating the same lyric not once, not twice, but three times. it starts out sounding reassuring and by the third time, Dany sounds like she is the beast. then at the end when everyone has decided its completely different, they throw the classic riff in. As i said, genius. Guylain, great reaction and great idea to show all 3 videos. I've only been in The Warning Army for a week and a half now, but I will support these women for the rest of my life.

The Warning never cease to amaze me! Impossible not to love them!

That was an awesome journey Guylain prince OFM thanks

Nice! When you watch Metallica and close your eyes, you hear The Warning.

Ale is very elegant, and composed. Her movements are not contrived, but they are measured. Even while seated, she has always been one to sit upright, with her back straight and her hands folded in her lap. She has that retro presence, almost like Grace Kelly, or Audrey Hepburn. That is why your eye is drawn to her. She seems to be in a state of quiet, and calm, even when all around her is chaos.

One other reactor spent 30 minutes on analysing TW's Enter Sandman (2021). It wasn't boring. Cause he made sense since right out of the gate he said he hates Enter Sandman cause he heard Metallica's & other band covers. But he was impressed with TW's 2021 version. As he stated TW started their version where Metallica ended theirs. And brought it around to where Metallica started their's. That probably explains why the video was creepy. TW version was the dream the boy in the Metallica version had. But of course. Everybody hears things different ways. But there's no denying TW are a fantastic band. And they will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. *Their way.*

Oh, believe me, The Warning has gathered many die-hard Rush fans who are now DIE-HARD fans of The Warning, the Jewels of Monterrey, Mexico.

Great analysis Guylain.. it was cool seeing the original Metallica, 2014 The Warning cover and Alessia Cara & The Warning remake all in one video.

TOTALMENTE DE ACUERDO CON TUS APRECIACIONES SOBRE THE WARNING, UN SERVIDOR EN 60 AÑOS NUNCA HABÍA SIDO FANÁTICO DE NINGUNA BANDA, Y A ESTAS ALTURAS DE MI VIDA, LAS HERMANAS VILLARREAL ME CONVIRTIERON EN SU SEGUIDOR ABSOLUTO, EN 1 AÑO QUE TENGO DE HABERLAS DESCUBIERTO, CONOZCO Y ESTOY CONVENCIDO DE SU EXCELENCIA INTEGRAL, SE MERECEN POR MÉRITOS PROPIOS LLEGAR A LA CIMA DEL ABANICO MUSICAL MUNDIAL. MAGNIFICO ANÁLISIS Y ¡¡QUE VIVA THE WARNING!! 🤟🤟🤟👍👍👍⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡💯💯💯💯🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

Guylan Prince, ha sido un gusto seguir su viaje con The Warning, ha prometido seguir con la banda cuando lancen su material completo, bueno, aquí estaremos. Gran análisis, muy buenos comentarios para con las chicas. Saludos desde México.

I've heard that TW debated whether to include the riff at the end. Great decision to include it.

Thanks a lot for this time travel back in history I was 8 at the time the black album relaeses. The interrest for metal comes to me 7 years later. Im still a huge fan of rock, hard rock and been a metalhead since then.

Merci Guylain! The improbable journey of TW is made even more so because of their connection to "Enter Sandman". Notice how often the phrases; "take my hand" & "we're off to Never-Never Land"; are repeated in the reimagined version. TW's dark angels actually usher us into Metallica's terrifying dreamscape. Genius!

Excellent premiere and fantastic songs. The Warning rock. 😄

Great review- When it comes to Alejandra polls have been consistent- Ale is the most popular. I always thought it would be Paulina because all reactors love her but Ale seems to be the most popular. I love her but then... I love all of them as if they were my own daughters.

De acuerdo con todo lo que dices, y también espero ver crecer a estas hermosas chicas y que el tiempo me alcance para eso. Viva The Warning!!!!!! Viva México!!!!!!! Saludos Guyline.

Great reaction/review/breakdown Guylain! I love everything about this. James Hatfield said this song was written to be a lullaby for his son. So The Warning rearranged the original song to have more of a lullaby vibe. Their voices blend really well with Alessia's. Their harmonies are spectacular. Their arrangement of this timeless classic is spectacular. Their video is amazing. Legendary work here. I appreciate all of their HARD WORK! Grammy Award winning artist Alessia Cara is more of a sultry soulful Pop singer/songwriter. She and The Warning share the same international agent who suggested that she collaborate with TW. So with very little time, TW jumped at the opportunity; rearranging the song and recording the music and vocals in less than a week! Here is TW guitarist Dany's live Instagram discussion about some of the details 👇 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z5h4isWQrKrHlIk.html Here, TW talk with Alessia about the Enter Sandman collaboration 👇 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9qokqt8psXGZ3k.html They are really trending upwards right now. I hope you get to see them LIVE sometime soon. The Warning are beginning their upcoming North American Tour the middle of April throughout May. I can say that they are amazing LIVE. 🗣Thank you! 🤘🤠💯

Alessia and TW are featured artists with 21 Entertainment Group in Toronto, Canada. Metallica approached Alessia to do a cover for the Blacklist album, but she is a pop singer and had never done a rock song before. It was Chris Smith of 21 EG who suggested a collaboration between Alessia and TW to do a cover for the Blacklist album and Metallica liked the idea.

Hi Guylain, I couldn't watch your stream yesterday, sorry, busy day but I'm enjoying your analysis immensely today. You're quickly becoming my favourite reactor. Keep Rockin' & Prayin' 🤘

🔥👸👸👸🔥 🤘😎 The Queens of Rock!

Awesome analysis Guylain! 🤘⚡🔥 #BassNinja

One reactor refers to Alejandra as "Little Gene", as in Gene Simmons from KISS.

The entrance of the pride of lionesses at the start of the video really sets the mood.

Não faltou nada nas suas observações. Adoro suas percepções.

Just wanted to say that I really enjoyed and appreciated your weekly videos critiquing and analyzing The Warning and their songs. I like the longer style format that you use. You seem like a cool guy and I look forward to seeing more when the rest of the album is released. Hopefully we won't have to wait too long. Peace.

As always, a magnificent reaction in which I shared your absolute joy. I also agree with you that Daniela brings the passion and true R&R, Paulina the world class drumming and musical savvy, and Alejandra a strange, feline and somewhat haunting presence. Three beautiful, talented and hard working ladies. I will be back next Friday to see what have you to share with us. Thank you!

Muchas gracias Guylain por los videos de The Warning, una gran historia familiar de éxito a base de mucho trabajo, disciplina y mucha pasión de todos los involucrados, yo solo veo un gran presente y un muy brillante futuro para Dany,Pau y Ale.

I was completely amazed at the way they re-arranged the new version of this. A lot of the Metallica 'purists' hate it, but James and Lars themselves said they wanted the individuality of the artists doing it, not a carbon copy of the original. 'Turn it upside-down, play it backwards, do it the way that reflects YOUR personality!' Metallica actually picked Alessia to do her version and she was already good friends with The Warning girls and thought it would be fitting to fully immerse them in this.😉 8 days later, this is what they came up with. The shooting location (an old burned out textile mill in Monterrey, MX had the perfect vibe for the song, especially as it was shot in black & white). If you hadn't noticed, the tempo and the key are the same as the original, but they 'half-time' some parts to draw it out and make it 'seem' slower than it actually is. The way it was re-arranged and mixed is just sheer genius, and Alessia's ghostly figure projected on the walls brought her right into the middle of it, even though she wasn't able to travel to Monterrey for the shoot. There's a nice video of a Zoom/IG call? between The Warning and Alessia talking about the making of the video, etc., put up by The Warning Army. Check it out if you have a chance! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9qokqt8psXGZ3k.html Also a good behind the scenes video where they worked with Matt Squire (Alessia's and their international manager) to make it all happen! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9CHjc-LstTVmmg.html Thanks Guylain, great review!😄👍

The 2014 version was done -- along with a number of others in 2013 and 2014 -- simply so that their relatives could see how they were progressing musically. I believe the first time they played as a band was around the end of 2012, at a school pageant. But they had long since been bitten by the music bug. I'm not sure at what point they had decided that this was really what they wanted to do, but I'm quite sure it was well before Enter Sandman. The response definitely took them by surprise, but they knew that they had to take advantage of the opportunity. Pau discussed it in a promo video they did for Patreon (they're surely one of Patreon's great success stories): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e691ls14v9O1aKs.html They really do all of this because they love music, and they're willing to commit whatever it takes. They have tremendous discipline for people that young.

Being the first song on the album was just a happy coincidence. The songs are on the original order as they appear on the Black Album, and the artists of each song were sorted alphabeticallly. Enter Sandman being song #1 on the album and then Alessia Cara being the “lead” artist put them on that position. Anyhow, i agree with you, is the best song on the whole Blacklist and no other song deserves more that privileged position!

Alia lectio magistralis a nostro musico Franciscano fratre! Rockituri te salutant!

gracias por tus hermosas palabras. Que orgulloso me siento de ellas y de ser mexicano como estas hernosas niñas, tienen un talento inmenso

Alejandra was 9 when they made this video. See under "Show More" in the 2014 video lists their ages, 14, 12, 9. She was 10 when they released their first original music EP "Escape the Mind".

Another reactor described Alejandra as a snake charmer with her moves.

Great reaction, good speed!!!!!

A Masterpiece....version and video. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤💙💚💛🇧🇷👍💃💃💃😀

I think it's very cool the way this newest version of the song starts with the exact last two lines and melodies from the original Metallica version. Finally, see _Dull Knives_ from the 2018 live Lunario CDMX concert for some Ale's best bass moves : )

I am told that the "Now I lay me down to sleep" prayer is around 300 years old. As a child, I used to say it before bed every night. Many nights I couldn't get to sleep for fear that someone would come during the night and steal my soul. It was creepy for sure. To my surprise, my own kids came home from Catholic School with a new version that goes "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, watch and guard me through the night, and wake me with the morning light". Definitely less Creepy!

The best analysis/reaction so far that I’ve seen. Thank you. Now I don’t read the over 100 comments in here but I like to suggest to consider doing the Concept album named Queen of the Murder Scene which tells a story a Rock Novel if you like, that I haven’t seen in years made so well with a variety of rhythms (even pianos and Pau as a lead singer) “tu ne peux pas rater ça”

Great triple reaction! The 2014 version is superb, close to the original, but with one guitar only... the new version re-arranged the song totally new! It develops from more pop to The Warning rock, culminating into this famous iconic riff! The ultimate tribute to Metallica! It's an awesome arrangement! If I remember right, Metallica asked Alessia Cara, a famous pop singer and Grammy winner, for a version... luckily she has he same US management than The Warning, and so this manager connected these artists! They arranged and recorded the song in just one week, Alessia was connected via Internet, David Bendeth, the producer of Mayday, mixed it... it is the best version on the whole Blacklist album! Officially approved by Metallica, Metallica sent an awesome limited big Anniversary box to the girls! Here the unboxing video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z76PlMKLmq-WYas.html Thanks for your nice reactions! I would be happy to see you with the new six songs still to come from their third album (Mayday is only 50%)! See ya! Auf Wiedersehen!

After this performance, Pau grew two inches, Ale 10 feet and Dani got energetic and goofy! Love ‘em! 🤘🏼❤️‍🔥🤘🏼

Excellent super reaction. Thanks again

Please do Black Holes by The Warning once. A completely different style. But the lyrics are deep. Very deep...

​I🖤TW🤘

Empezare por decir que el cover de las chicas para el 30 aniv. del black album es por mucho el mejor de todos, también la prensa especializada así lo ha declarado, sobre la invitación de metallica para las chicas fue a través de la disquera a la cual pertenecen alessia y the warning, y por supuesto porque metallica ya sabia de las chicas por el cover que hicieron viral, toda la idea y produccion musical y del video fue de ellas y el quipo de the Warning , alessia sólo canto y creo que esta de mas , este cover es una obra maestra y creo que a muchos nos gusta mas que la original, otro dato es que este cover a sido elegido para ser el soundtrack de un videojuego del universo Marvel que sale este año creo que en Marzo, espero que sigas reaccionando a las chicas y que ya no te queden dudas de que ellas no hacen musica débil ni de baja calidad, ellas son unas prodigios y están rescatando al rock de la inmundicia en la que estaba, estas chicas son la mejor banda de rock que ha surgido a nivel mundial en la actualidad , sin usar nada de parafernalia ni murcielagos ni falsas poses rockeras de bailarinas japonesas , Saludos desde México y nos vemos por aquí cuando regrese con The Warning.

I was searching for female singers and The Warning's 2014 'Enter Sandman' came up. I looked at the thumbnail for a moment, at those little girls, and figured what the heck, if they were bad I didn't have to listen to the whole thing. After it was over I went looking for more stuff that they had done, which wasn't much back then. This was before XXI Century Blood, before the Foo Fighters cover.

THE WARNING,ES UNA DE LAS MEJORES BANDAS DE ROCK EN LA ACTUALIDAD ,TIEMPO LARGO A PASADO SIN ESCUCHAR UNA BUENA BANDA DE ROCK ,CON SU ALBUM DE QOTMS LO HAN DEMOSTRADO

To people who don't listen to Metallica this song sounds like an original. They reworked the shit out of this song. And it works so damn well. Love the more melodic approach

Cette chanson de Metallica est toujours aussi géniale, les paroles sont bien plus profondes qu'on ne le pense et elle s'adresse avant tout à l'enfant qui est encore en nous et qui a toujours peur du croque-mitaine, il me semble que dans le folklore américain le marchand de sable est un monstre contrairement à l 'Europe où c'est une jolie image pour dire aux enfants qu'il est temps d'aller au lit et d'aller dans le monde des jolis rêves. De manière générale, l’album entier reste excellent tant au niveau musique et qu’au niveau paroles car les ado de 1991 ,qui n’écoutaient que les riffs , ont depuis pris le temps depuis de comprendre les paroles et elles sont tellement d’actualité , mais aussi des paroles qui parlent à toute personne , à tout stade de sa vie d’enfant, ado ou adulte ou personnes âgée cet album est épique , a masterpiece . Je suis confuse de leur version pour les 30 ans du black album. Techniquement on voit le parcours qu’elles ont fait depuis 2014/2015. Je suis entièrement d’accord concernant Alejandra, elle a une présence naturelle, elle attire le regard. Je suis entièrement d’accord sur le fait qu’elles ont très bien compris les paroles d’où cette version qui fait très bien ressortir le côté effrayant, pesant, tourmenté surtout la prière , brrr elle fait froid dans le dos. Je préfère le côté rassurant de la chanson d’origine, une fois la nuit finie. Je suis bien d’accord rendre hommage à une chanson ce n’est pas faire du copier-coller , c’est logique que leur version soit la première de l’album des 30 ans

Très belle analyse. En 2014, les filles avaient 14, 12 et 9(!) ans. La vidéo était destinée seulement à leur famille et leurs amis. Personne n'avait jamais pensé que d'autres gens allaient la regarder. Pour la version de 2021, l'équipe de Metallica avait d'abord invité Alessia Cara à participer à l'album "Blacklist". Sa maison de disques qui est la même que pour The Warning a établi le contact, et Metallica était d'accord.

Great video and analysis again Guylain! The cover is really the best on that album, i agree. You can be assured that if they come to The Netherlands one day i will go and see them. And i'm sure i'm not gonna be the only one! And i will be here for Ayreon next week. Arjen's new Star One album (Revel in Time) will be out on 18-02 and it already has rave reviews. Looking forward to whatever album you will do by Ayreon : Arjen is a genius! Take care and cheers!

Merci pour une autre excellente réaction, Guylain. Toujours un plaisir d'entendre tes commentaires!

Always love your analysis,Sir. Great to hear someone else’s point of view, makes you look at something you’re familiar with in a whole new perspective. Know what you mean about their gear…I remember seeing Dany’s orange amp first time I watched this and think: “Someone’s teaching these kids properly!” Lol. Take care, sir. Have a great weekend! 🤘🏼😁🤣

I actually thought you would do Dust to Dust as your "surprise" song from The Warning. That, of course, is the prologue or overture to _their_ rock opera, Queen of the Murder Scene. As for Enter Sandman, this is now what I think of as the song. It has a beauty to it, but it's an eerie beauty, not a serene one.

excelente reaccion a todo el ep de the warning... bravisimo 👏👏👏

Excellent as usual Father!

“Most of the lyrics are pretty frank…”….Pun detected! 🤘🏼❤️‍🔥🤘🏼

Here's an all female band that formed in Japan in 2016 after super band Destrose folded Bassist Miho whose idol is Steve Harris of Iron Maiden wanted to make a band that plays 80's style metal with modern touches so her and co founder and Destrose bandmate Drummer Haruna formed Lovebites and recruited guitarist Midori and Guitarist/Pianist Miyako who both shred guitar better than most men I have seen as Haruna beats the drums like they stole her boyfriend and she wants him back. ]:) They chose to recruit an R&B Singer Asami to sing and she has pretty much turned into a female version of Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden Singer) They don't have a bad song since 2016 they have produced 3 albums, 4 EP's, and 4 Live albums along with a compilation album of their best hits in 2021 Bassist founder Miho left the band for personal reasons and the band took a short hiatus followed by bass auditions won by internet famous Fami and they are releasing their 4rth album on Feb. 22nd 2023 with 10 new songs with the new alignment. Here's Lovebites Shadowmaker kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eNidos-fmq3cpac.html

TWO DAYS?!?@ JEEZ Guylian lol

The warning Enter Sandman is the version of the mother, Metallica is the version of the father 😁

Según fuentes muy, muy cercanas a The Warning, esta es la version favorita de Metallica, quizá por eso esté en primer lugar.. 😁 Talento descomunal, esta versión fue realizada por The Warning en una semana, incluyendo la grabación de Alessia desde Canadá y la mezcla final. 😳

En route pour Ayreon avec un autre génie Arjen Lucassen 🤩🎵🎶🎼

You like drums? Try Yoyoka. Not even a teenager and she's in DrumWorlds top 500. She does a great Rosanna. Ian Paice listened to her playing Burn and was very moved by her ability. She also does a good YYZ.

I was wondering if you could once react to The Rhime Of The Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden. It's message is to love all things that god made. You might of course already know it... Also, Dance Of Death is a nice one by them. If you don't know those two songs, you should give them a chance... Of course, as a big fan of The Warning, I always love your reactions to them. ☺️👍

eso fue en 1014 no fue hace 7 años fue hace 8 años y alejandra tenia 9 viene en la descripcion del video.